Casa Magna Jalapa Claro

Casa Magna Jalapa Claro is made with the same blend as the popular Casa Magna Colorado, but instead of a Colorado wrapper it uses a Nicaraguan Claro wrapper from Jalapa. This limited edition medium bodied cigar is handmade in Nicaragua by Plasencia with only 500 boxes made in each size.

Cigar Origin

Nicaragua

Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.

Strength

Medium

Wrapper Color

Claro

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.Claro wrapper is light, yellowish brown in color.

Wrapper

Nicaraguan

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.Nicaraguan cigar wrappers are produced mainly in Esteli and Jalapa, both lands with volcanic soil and excellent climate for growing tobacco. Wrappers grown in Jalapa have sweet undertones. Corojo, Habana2000, Criollo, and Maduro wrappers are all produced in Nicaragua.

Binder

Nicaragua

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.

Filler

Nicaragua

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Rolled by

Handmade

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

Manufacturer

Plasencia Cigars

The Plasencia family has been in the tobacco industry for six generations. With two factories located in Nicaragua, Nestor Plasencia Sr. grows and cures tobacco, and makes millions of cigars every year for renowned brands such as Rocky Patel and Gurkha.

What a beautiful looking cigar! Packaging is incredible: sleek lines, beautiful looking gold band and the box looks awesome perfectly matching the cigars! Presentation aside this cigar is absolutely gorgeous looking, almost like a piece of milk chocolate. Taste wise you get hit with a blast of pepper right off the bat (not a fan). The pepper quickly dissipates and replaced with flavours of nuts and leather. Into the second third the peppers come back darting back and forth throughout the entire experience. Overall not a very complicated smoke, about average. One big drawback is that this cigar did require constant touch ups which reduced my smoking enjoyment.

Being an exclusive IPCPR edition and in very limited production my expectations were very high. I was excited to try it, the caramel colored wrapper and the gold band give it a classic inviting look.
Of course the one I was dying to try was the box press. The cigar looks
perfectly pressed, slim, smooth, and smells of fresh rain and cedar.
Once lit the first third is earthy and cedary with hints of white pepper that recede and almost disappeared on the second third. The cigar becomes sweet with some citrus and lots of earthy and leathery notes on the background.
Medium bodied all the way, well balanced, nice even burning line, gray flaky ash, no relights. Overall this stick is on point.